Automobile driving



D. MACDONALD.

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING MECHANISM.

APPLICATlON FILED MAR-10,1919.

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WITNESSES I ENTOR V $50M ID/MM" YW/ 0". MACDONALD. AUTOMUBlLE DRIVING MECHANISM.

' APPLICATION HLED MAR-10.19l9.

' 1.:11011t0d50pt. 2, 1919.

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wrmssszs INVENTOR 5. In an automobile, a pair of traction wheels independently mounted on separate alined axles having their inner ends formed into crank shafts, a housing for said axles provided with an integral extension for inclosing connecting rods and crossheads and adapted to be secured to and support a multicylinder driving unit for said crank shaft axles. a 6" In an automobile, a driving mechanism comprising a muIti-cyiinder unit flexibly supported from the automobile frame,

pistons operating therein, connecting rods driving a air of crankshaft axles on which traction W eels are mount-ed, a housing for said axles, and. members secured to said housing adapted to maintain the relative position of said axles wiah each other" andwith said unit. 4

In {zestnnony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 43th day of March, 1919. I V

DUNCAN Miiooormim. 

